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Two men remanded over McCartney pub murder

TWO men have been remanded in custody over the murder of Robert McCartney, the father of two killed outside a bar in Belfast in January.

Terence Davison, 49, from Belfast, is accused of McCartney’s murder. James McCormick, 36, from Birmingham, is charged with the attempted murder of McCartney’s friend Brendan Devine.

Both deny the charges. They were remanded and are expected to appear in court again by video link on July 1.

Also in the courtroom, just 200 yards from Magennis’s Bar near where McCartney was killed, were his five sisters and his fiancée, Bridgeen Hagans. The six women have mounted a high-profile international campaign to see McCartney’s killers brought to justice. They have won the backing of President George W Bush and other senior politicians in both America and Europe.

Members of the IRA were widely suspected of involvement in the killing and the organisation came under strong pressure